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Goudy E. Hogan, (1829- ) DIARY, 18^7-1880 A Typewritten TranscriDtion Copied from Microfilm Copy in State Historical Society > VOLUME III JOEL E. RICKS COLLECTION OF TRANSCRIPTIONS The Library of the UTAH STATS AGRICULTURAL COIIEGE Logan, Utah 1955 DIARY OF GOUD1 *. HOGAN NAME LIST ^.dair, J"osephine H. , (Mrs.) (daugh) 46 Ira 39, 4l, 52 .^jgop, John 3£ J. Nelson (son) 33, 39, 52 Anderson, M. (Brother) 23 Joseph Henry 34 Reason, Lewis 42 Josephine (daughter) 52, 54 Beckstead, Gordon (Bro.) 20 Knut (uncle) 1 Gordon 44 Leah 24 Benson, ^zra T. 31, 34, 35 Lovina (twin daughter) 29, 52 pidamon, (Mr.) Lovinia (sister) 2 Billingsley, Elijah (Patriarch) 54 Margaret N. 59, 62 poyde, George 20 Marget (father's mother) Browning, (Bro.) 16 Margret (sister) 2, 10 Budge, William (President) 55 Margret, (daughter) 3A, 32, 44 Buirl, William 34 Mary Josephine (daughter) 34 Bullock, (Bro.) 23 Nele 39, 4l Chadwick, (Mr.) Nephi Knute (son) 28, 33 Chrestensen, Hette 62 Olena 53 Christenson, Louis C. 2t Paul (brother) 7, 53 Dahle, Moses (Bro.) 23 Rachel 24 Dikes, George P. 13, 60 Rosina (twin daughter) 29 Fisher, William 39, 40 Holbrook, Joseph 23 Fosgreen, John 15 Hougun, Oudson 4 Funk, Marcus 43 Hyer, Christian 23, 34 Gray, John 3 Jackson, William 31 Griffin, Thomas 43 Jacob, (patriarch) ^4 Harris, William 43 Jeff, (Bro.) 42 Hendricks, Joseoh 43 Jeffs, (Mr.) 52 William D. 31, 37 Mary 63 Hogan, (uncle) .55 Jensen, (Grandfather) 62 (uncle's son) 55 Kimball, Heber C. (pres.) 10 1 Alle (2nd. grandfather) 56 Lj/man, Amasa 16 pJAlma (son) 32, 41, 44, 45, 52 Markham, Steven 22 Anna (daughter) 44 Merrill, (Bishop) 31, 34, 33, 41 Anna Nelson (wife) 37, 30, 44, 50, 51, 52, 58 Mickelson, Lars 32, 34 ,JAskroon (third grandfather) 56 Neeley, William 11 /Bergetta (wife) 28, 29, 31, 52, 54 Nelson, (father) 48 Bergetta (daughter) 32, 33 (daughters) 40 Brigham Goudy, (son) 26, 34 Ann (daughter) 60, 6l Caroline (sister) 2, 8, 16 Bergetta (daughter) 60, 61 Charles Peter 20 Carl 30, 31 ^Charlotte, (daughter) 52, 54 Chresten (son) 60, 61 ^Christian (son) 31, 33 Christen \ 35 Christiana (wife) 28, 29, 31, 32, 39, 52 Christian (son) 60, 61 Christiana Sarahann 34 Christiana, 60, 61 Erastus Paul, 52 Srick (gr. father's bro.) 3, 56 Erick (gr. grandfather) 56 Srick Goudvson Nibbea (father) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8,9,iq,U, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 34, 46, 47, 43, 52, 55, 56, 58, H°gan, Goudy (grandfather) Goudy Christian (son) 31, 44 jGoudy Knute 33 HHalja (sister) 2 hjl&lja Knutdatter Nostebe (mot... li' ^ 4, 7, 46 /Harriet (daughter) 39 'Heber D. (son) 33, y 4 9 52 -2- plson, Jona (son) 60, 61 Jensen, Chresten 62 Karen Margrette Chrestensen 59, 60, 61, 62 Knud Chrestensen 59, 60, 6l, 6°, 64 Knut (father-in-law) ?4 Mary 60, 61 Nele (son) 60, 6l Norton, Henry 11 Orson, David (Bro.) 35 Overlander, (Brother) 24 pace, E. (Bro.) 24 Pete"son (Bp.) 51 Knut (Bishop) 45, 51 Pomeroy (Brothers) 16, 1? Pond, Stillman 42 Pratt, Orson 55 Puggeley, Phillip 31 Pulsipher, Lora 1. 12 Rich, Charles C. 16, 19, 21 Riddle, John 33 Roc1"""11, Porter 20, 21 Roskelley (bishop) 40 Sessions, Parry Green 15 Shepherd, Isaaic 10 Jus ten ( his son) 10 Smith, (Brother) 29, 32 Hyrum (Patriarch) 5, 58 John 15 Joseph (Prophet) 5, 6, 55, 58 Snow, Erastus 24, 27, 60 Spencer,'Orson T. 54 Stanley, Franklin 26 Stevens, (merchant) 45 Stewart, Levi 14 Stoker, (Bishop) 23 Surgaardon, Paul (cousin) 56 Taylor, John (President) 27, 34, 58 Thomson, (Bro.) 22 Ve Atkin, Chorloite (grandmother) 59 Whptmer, David 58 Woodruff, (President) 54 Woolf, Abraham 19 Young, Brigham 8, 10, 14, 16, 27, 28, 51, 52, 53, 54 Brigham, Jr. 53 John W. 39 Joseph 54 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I Goudy E. Hogan Birth and childhood, in Norway 1 Parents move to America, 1837 Sister dies while crossing ocean 2 Family settles in Illinois, I838 I am hired out as farm helper 3 Hardships of life in Iowa, 1840-43 Mormons convert our family 4 Sorrow at death of Prophet Joseph Memories of Joseph Smith * .5-6 Anti-mormon agitation in Iowa, I845-46 7 Anti-Mormon prejudice against me at school Saints driven from Nauvoo, Feb. I846 Camp 2 miles from our farm Father decides to sell farm at sacrifice We travel west With Saints, I846 Camp at Mt. Piagah 9 Sister, Margaret, dies at Plum Hollow We hunt deer and honey Food shortage precents our move west Farming near Missouri River, 1847 10 I earn f«&) • freighting in Missouri 11 Father is swindled out of farm We emigrate to Salt Lake, I848 12 Experiences on the plains. 13 Family settles at Bountiful 14 We trade horse and kill oxen for food Clothing made from hides I receive patriarchal blessing 15 Our first Utah crops are poor Fighting crickets Sister helps with the hirvest I go to California to earn money 16 Food shortage on desert, 1849 Oxen and wagons abandoned PAGE II Gougy E. Hogan Take ship from San Pedro to San Francisco Panning for gold on American River 18 Failure of our boys at mining Camp with Mormon Battalion men I become ill and start for Utah 19 I learn of my brother's death Send $300. to father in Utah Indians steal some of our horses in Nevada More horses lost in dessert windstorm .«••• 20 Reach Salt Lake Nov., 1350 Settle tithing I attend school at age 21 Ordained a Seventy 21 Contribute oxen as Temple offering Crops good in 1851-52 22 Father is called on mission to Norway I purchase my first land 23 Plans for my first home I am married December, 1853 • • 24 Continue to improve my property Contribute to Perpetual Emigration Fund- Crops of 1855 are poor 25 Son, Brigham, is born, 1856 Rebaptism and reformation I go to aid suffering handcart company • 26 I am married to Ann Nelson Called on mission to build mail stations Ordered home as Johnstons army comes I serve in battalion at Echo Canyon 27 I return to army, Spring, 1858 We receive orders to return home Move with Saints, South, to Springville Return to Bountiful in July Harvest good grain crop Wife, Christiana, has twin .girls Prosperous year of 1859 29 We go to settle Richmond, Utah, i860 I furnish outfit to aid emigrants 30 Page III Goudy E. Hogan I purchase interest in Cub River grist mill Sell Bountiful property to pay debts 31 Add carding machine to grist mill We move house to the mill, I863 Build 6-room house, I864 32 Four of our children die of measles and canker 33 Crops poor because of wet year, I865 Four more of our children die, 1866 We build new grist mill 34 Sell Richmond property, 1867 Exchange farms 1868 35 Grasshoppers destory crops 1868, 1869 Sell interest in one grist mill 36 Sell interest in another mill, 1870 37 Successfully fight grasshoppers, 1871 Help to build railroad into Cache Valley 38 Daughter, Harriet, is married 39 Called to orork on Railroad, 1872 Have good harvest TraiServen areaches travellins Logagn house missionary,• 1873 • 40 Again called to work on Railroad 4l Harvest good, 1873 Purchase ranch on Mink Creek, 1874 Purchase home in Richmond 42 Set out fruit trees, build sheds, etc. Purchase reaper, mowor, etc. I obey call to settle Dixie, 1874 Many obstacles to leaving Cache Valley • 43 Sacrifices made in getting ready Details of journey south 44-45 PART II BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GOUDY S... HOGAN Birth and Childhood Arrival in Utah, I84S 46 PAGE IV Goudy E. Hogan Social life in Utah Preparation for Marriage 47 Courting the Nelson sisters 48- 50 Marries both and later another Move to Richmond, Utah , 50 Called to Dixie, 1874 We settle at Leeds ... 51 Death of son Erastus Paul Return to Dixie Appointed Bishop of Leeds Father dies, 1876 52 Dedication of St. George Temple Blessings of Brigham Young Observations on the United order 53 Investigation of United Order I move with family to Orderville Trip to Richmond for rest of family Appointed to Scandinavian Mission ., 54 Missionary work in Norway, 1877 Visit relatives and gather genealogy 55-56 Prejudice against the Mormons I become President of Mission Branch 57 Return to America, 1880 Visiting old home in Iowa Visit Carthage, Nauvoo, Missouri, etc. Spend winter at Richmond, Utah 58 Purchase woolen mill for Orderville Falling health (End of Hogan biography) Sketch of the life of Knud Chrestensen Nelson 59-61 Sketch of life of Karen Margrette Chrestensen 62-64 • Goudy Hogan, p. 1 HISTORY OF GOUDY HOGAN i II mm •• MI • i- -i— —— •• •• i —-. — —i— (from his own diary in his handwriting1 * 4- * )N Born September 16, 1829 - Tensprestijold, Buskrude County, Norway. Died January 30, 1898 at the Mill, Richmond, Utah. Departed ^or mission to Norway September 3, 1878. Arrived home September 13, i860. Presided over the Branch of 165 members in the city of Bramnon branch. Arrived in Salt Lake in Jera Pulsifer Company, September, I848. Arrived in Richmond the 29th of March i860. Snow was 12-18 inches deex) at Richmond. 1837 Goudy Hogan was born September 16, 1829 in Norway Tensprestijold overy tolenarkon. My parents names are Erick Goudyson Hibbon Hogan. tfly mother's maiden name Is Halja Knitdatter Rostobe. They were naturally religious and lived a moral life. Belonged to the Lutheran Church and when I was six weeks old I was christened by being taken to the church and sprinkled by the Priest. When old enough I was taught to read at home by standing by my mother when she would card or spin at a little wheel, also to reverence God from my youth and Sabbath Day my father would read a text from a Book called hous poste.